College Bball Thread

[TheWatShot]

Minnesota's clock operator just tried to pull a fast one. Ball goes into the backcourt, jump ball, Minnesota with the arrow, shot clock down to 3, reset it to 30 and probably hoped the refs wouldn't notice. They did, and Minnesota had to inbound in the backcourt with 3 seconds left. Spoiler: shot clock violation. 

[RaceToTheTop]

Love the MWC.....but the storming the court after pretty much every game.....ugh.

[RaceToTheTop]

Wisky 35-18 on rebounds.....outshooting Minnesota 51% to 46%....yet game is tied.

[TheWatShot]

BTN trolling IU as usual. Just showed Hoffarber's shot as a promo for the upcoming Big Ten tournament. 

[RaceToTheTop]

Johny Davis just fouled out.

[lillurk]

12 minutes ago, TheWatShot said:

Archie Miller was impeccably good at finding bad basketball players. 

Yes, I don’t think that was the only problem but here’s the list of players he recruited:

Race Thompson, Romeo Langford, Jerome Hunter, Damezi Anderson, Rob Phinisee, Jake Forrester, TJD, Armaan Franklin, Khristian Lander, Jordan Geronimo, Anthony Leal, Trey Galloway, Logan Duncomb.

Some stories still left to be written, some unfortunate injury impacts, but what sticks out is how quickly that 2018 class dissolved.

[TheWatShot]

Someone in Minnesota must have said some awfully good prayers today. Davis fouls out on a ticky-tack call with 2:35 left. 

[RaceToTheTop]

Gophers gotta gopher.

[lillurk]

Wisconsin must shoot 80% in late shot clock situations. This year especially, but for years now. 

[RaceToTheTop]

They just showed Brad Davison's dad in the crowd.  He didn't look like a Purdue Person.  Wonder if Brad's adopted.

[HoosierHoops1]

9 minutes ago, lillurk said:

Yes, I don’t think that was the only problem but here’s the list of players he recruited:

Race Thompson, Romeo Langford, Jerome Hunter, Damezi Anderson, Rob Phinisee, Jake Forrester, TJD, Armaan Franklin, Khristian Lander, Jordan Geronimo, Anthony Leal, Trey Galloway, Logan Duncomb.

Some stories still left to be written, some unfortunate injury impacts, but what sticks out is how quickly that 2018 class dissolved.

Clifton Moore?

[Hovadipo]

A Brad Davison hook and hold front and center on an out of bounds review. Gotta love it. 

[lillurk]

6 minutes ago, HoosierHoops1 said:

Clifton Moore?

Moore, Al, and Justin committed to Crean and remained through that coaching change.

[TheWatShot]

13 minutes ago, lillurk said:

Wisconsin must shoot 80% in late shot clock situations. This year especially, but for years now. 

What was really impressive was that they never gave up the lead. Minnesota had one of those dumb sequences that home underdogs in this conference always seem to get when they need it most; down by 8, banked-in 3 pointer, foul 90 feet from the hoop, another 3 to tie it up, all in just over a minute. We ALWAYS fold when other teams do that to us. Wisconsin usually doesn't. They are the polar opposite of us from a cultural and toughness standpoint. 

[Uspshoosier]

LSU lost 

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich]

11 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

A Brad Davison hook and hold front and center on an out of bounds review. Gotta love it. 

Dirtiest in the game. 

[RaceToTheTop]

15 minutes ago, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said:

Dirtiest in the game. 

He is, but I didn't see a hook and hold there.  THought it was pretty good defense with Battle driving in to him.

[Hovadipo]

2 minutes ago, brumdog45 said:

He is, but I didn't see a hook and hold there.  THought it was pretty good defense with Battle driving in to him.

Had that patented arm hook going. Looked like he was taking Battle to prom. 

[RaceToTheTop]

Personally, IMO Rutgers was on the outside looking in prior to the game.......like first four out.  I don't see them being on the right side of the bubble after the loss, but that's where Lunardi has them.  I know people fell in love with their four straight wins over ranked teams, but the bad record they compiled before that was against was sub par competition.  Their non-con was 27 spots worse than IU according to Pom and they had four losses against teams scheduled to play on Wednesday in the Big Ten tournament.  The loss puts them at 16-11 with a NET in the 80s and a Pom rating in the 70s.

[lillurk]

8 minutes ago, brumdog45 said:

Personally, IMO Rutgers was on the outside looking in prior to the game.......like first four out.  I don't see them being on the right side of the bubble after the loss, but that's where Lunardi has them.  I know people fell in love with their four straight wins over ranked teams, but the bad record they compiled before that was against was sub par competition.  Their non-con was 27 spots worse than IU according to Pom and they had four losses against teams scheduled to play on Wednesday in the Big Ten tournament.  The loss puts them at 16-11 with a NET in the 80s and a Pom rating in the 70s.

Think the Torvik rooting guide had the UM/RU game as a conflict but losing to both UM and IU within a week would be tough for Rutgers to overcome given their résumé’s other weaknesses. IU winning three and one of Rutgers or Michigan (or other candidates) fading is good news for the Hoosiers.